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1 Zero Five: City Derby - Sad Red Bull
After the match between Juventus and AC Milan, Li Zihan called Iaquinta to ask about his injury.

Because Iaquinta was one of Li Zihan's teammates who first extended a "hand of friendship" to him after he entered the Juventus first team.And in life both on and off the field, the Serie A big brother has given Li Zihan a lot of experience.

So for Iaquinta, Li Zihan is quite grateful.Li Zihan is an orphan, he has no family.At the same time, he has many family members, among which Iaquinta is one of his "brothers".

Li Zihan received bad news, and Iaquinta told him on the phone.My own injury is a torn ligament, plus the recurrence of some old injuries.Preliminary estimates may have to be reimbursed this season, Li Zihan stood on the spot in a daze.This new season is almost still in its infancy, and the winter break has not even arrived, and Iaquinta will end this season early due to injury.

And Iaquinta on the other end of the phone didn't have much frustration or unwillingness in his tone, on the contrary, he seemed very calm, as calm as if he was numb.

"Don't worry about me, Lee. I understand my injury, and this is the first time. In recent years, my injury has been recurring. I wonder if I should rest." Iaquinta said on the phone The other end said calmly, as if saying "Hey, we should get together sometime" or something.

Li Zihan is not stupid, of course he knows what Iaquinta means by "rest"": "Hey, Vincenzo, what are you talking about, you want to retire now? Do you want to be a deserter? It's not like You, the wild wolf we know is not a person who admits defeat so easily, the wild wolf Iaquinta in our eyes is a guy who wants to tear off a piece of the enemy's thigh when he is dying."

"Lee, I'm 33 years old. As a striker, it's not a shame to retire at this age. In fact, I thought about retiring when I was 30 years old. Since I joined Juventus at the age of 28, I have been injured and hospitalized. , undergoing surgery, then recuperating, and finally paying has been in this cycle. I have not had many opportunities to play in the past few years since I came to Juventus. I know that the outside world does not call me a glass man anymore. Everyone thinks that I am already a bunch of people. The glass is slag. But at that time I was not reconciled. I joined the giants at the most glorious age of my career. Years passed." Iaquinta sighed.

Li Zihan was speechless, he really forgot that Iaquinta was already 33 years old.Because Iaquinta has always been an optimistic and positive person in his life, even in the past few years when he has been plagued by injuries, he is still optimistic.But Li Zihan now knows that this is not optimism, but "numbness" or "indifference" to the habits that have been used for a long time.

Indeed, what more could you ask for from a 33-year-old striker who has been constantly injured?
There was no reply from Li Zihan on the other end of the phone for a long time, and Iaquinta continued: "Li, don't worry. A player will face this day, it's just a matter of time. Ferguson knows, his son 23 retired due to injury I'm lucky compared to them."

Li Zihan's eyes felt a little wet. He has always been a person who is easy to move and accept others. He often sheds tears because of his sentimentality.It has been said that a sentimental person is either a woman or a poet.So Li Zihan also often wonders if God has mistaken his gender, he should be a woman
"Don't talk about it now, I want to play with you when you recover from your injury." Li Zihan said hoarsely.

Sensing Li Zihan's mood, Iaquinta said carelessly: "Hey, aren't you crying? Are you a man? If I hadn't seen your naked body in the locker room, I really thought you were a bitch. Well. By the way, I heard that Chinese people are conservative. After seeing other people’s bodies, they must be responsible for marrying each other. Li, I love my wife very much, so don’t expect me to be responsible for you. Find a comparison Dahl, that kid peeked at you taking a shower."

"You are so weak, go to hell!!" Li Zihan yelled into the phone, and then hung up the phone angrily.

Li Zihan, who was still angry just now, hung up the phone and smiled instantly.this vincenzo
On the other end of the phone, Iaquinta, who was lying on the hospital bed in Milan, looked at the hung up phone, smiled wryly and shook his head.this li
The next day, all the Juventus players and coaching staff who went to the away game came back by plane. Although Milan is not far from Turin, it doesn't take much time to build a car.However, considering that the players were too tired from the long-distance bus for several hours, the club decided to let them fly back to Turin.Of course, the injured Iaquinta was left in the Milan hospital.Because the medical conditions, facilities and expert skills in Milan are far from those in the industrialized city of Turin, Iaquinta stayed in Milan for further treatment.

On December [-]st, the [-]th round of Serie A continued.Juventus ushered in the derby again, playing against the city's rivals Torino at home.

Founded in 1990, Turin Football Club is the oldest team in Italy and once the pride of Italian football. The "Red Bull" swept across Europe that year, achieved five consecutive championships in Italy's top leagues, and opened Italy's "Turin Era" following the "Genoa Era" and "Provelcelli Era".When it was crazy, among the 11 main players of the Italian national team, nine of them were players from the Turin club. Fifteen of the 23 were "Red Bull" cowboys.

And Turin was almost the team that scored the most goals and conceded the fewest goals in Italy and even Europe in that era.Their players have long occupied the throne of the top scorer and best player in Serie A.

Then maybe because of his excellence, they were envied by God.On May [-], [-], when the Turin team returned home after playing the Latin Cup match with Benfica in Portugal, the plane crashed into the Superga Mountain near the airport, and the "Supega" event shocked the world football. air crash".

This air crash wiped out the entire Turin team, and it has not been able to recover since then. More importantly, Italy has also lost its football elite. Be eliminated.Since then, the Italian team and the Turin team have entered a "dark age".

Until today, although the Italian national team has recovered, it has even won a few World Cups.But the Turin team has never recovered. The "Red Bull" that swept Europe back then has now fallen to the middle and lower reaches of Serie A or even the relegation zone.

So now when it comes to the same city derby, one of the most unspectacular matches is the "Turin Derby" between Juventus and Turin.

What frustrates Juventus the most is that the derby against Turin in the same city every season is originally a home game and an away game, but as long as they face Turin, they will face two games It's all embarrassing for the away game.Whether it is the Del Alpi Stadium or the Juventus Arena of Juventus, it is the same, although Juventus also used the Del Alpi Stadium with Turin before the new stadium was built——

Juventus is facing the same embarrassment as many giants. In this city, the city's rivals with poor performance have an overwhelming number of fans.But in the whole country, all of Europe and even the whole world, the number of fans of these giants is the largest.Therefore, every time I go to a derby in the same city, my home game will also become an away game.
Of course, depression is depression, but at any rate, I have gotten used to it over the years, and now because the opponent is gradually declining, my performance has also improved to a higher level, and the number of fans in this city is much better than before.

Considering the opponent's strength and the following game, Conte completely regarded this "very important" and "very hot" derby in the eyes of outsiders as a warm-up before the away game against Shakhtar Donetsk five days later.

Although the starting lineup is still the main force, the tactics and tasks he assigned to the team before the game will only be used in the next game. Therefore, the Turin team was used as a whetstone by the wretched uncle.

Poor "Red Bull".
In the first half, Juventus went first. Vidal's kick of [-] yards away was blocked by the opponent's body. The alert Giovinco appeared at the first point where the ball fell back to the penalty area, and then made a supplementary shot Score.

Although there were more than 3 Turin fans sitting in the stands of the Juventus Arena, they cheered for the Turin team with hoarse cheers, and also put pressure on the Juventus team with boos all over the sky. kind of arrogance.But they couldn't save their failure.

At the beginning of the second half, Conte used up three substitutions.Although the game was still [-]-[-], it could be seen that he had great confidence in his team.

Pogba replaced the veteran Pirlo, Marrone replaced Vidal, and Li Zihan replaced Vucinic.

It's all matchups and substitutions. It seems that "Uncle Wretched" really played this game as a warm-up match.If there were no restrictions on the number of substitutions like in the warm-up match, he would definitely change all the starting 11 players without hesitation.
In the second half, in the 6th minute, Pogba's forward Lisi Steiner crossed the ball and scored from a long distance. The score was rewritten to [-]-[-].Twelve minutes later, Li Zihan received a breakthrough pass from Marchisio and scored a goal. The final score was fixed at [-]-[-].

The formerly popular Turin fans were silent at this time. Although they also knew that their team's strength was far from that of their rivals, it was still hard to see the score of [-]-[-].The sad Torino fans did not do some stupid things like the extreme fans. When the Torino players left the field, they stood up and applauded their players to thank them.

They have seen the sweat of the players working hard on the court and the unwillingness to lose. They cannot be blamed for this.Although I don't want to admit it, the fact is that Juventus is no longer a team at the same level as Turin.